The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-13

feet.
The roller process mill at Quincy has
commenced grinding.
"A 6-year-old son of Henry Dibble, OF
Macon, fell in the Macon River while going
home from school and was drowned.
Chief of Police Winney, of Jackson,
has adopted the popular fashion, and has
begun a crusade against Sunday liquor
selling.
The Coldwater Board Of Education
has accepted the plans of Scott 4 Co., De-
troit, architects for the new Third Ward
School Building.
John Torrent, of Muskegon has sold
to 7. ID. Stimson his half interest in the
saw-mill property Of Torrent Fay, at
Traverse City, and all remaining timber
and logs in Grand Traverse County, bought
some time ago of Hannah Lay & Co. The
timber is estimated at so, coo, 900 feet, and
the consideration for all the property sold
is S202,76S.
Timothy Hurley, of Bronson, has Sc
cured judgment in the Branch County Cir
cult Court for 81, 05S against the Michigan
Fire & Marine Insurance Company, which
held insurance on his store building which
burned March 30, 1886, when several MEM
bers of his family were also cremated. The
company has refused to pay the loss on
some technicality.
Flora L. Hardness, aged %, a resident
of Quaker settlement in Raisin Valley,
drove to Adrian to make some slight pur-
chases. Late in the evening her buggy
was found near the Lake Shore bridge, and
pinned to the seat was an old envelope on
which was plainly written II am tired Of
life; look for me in the river" Searching
parties have dragged the river, but discov-
cred nothing. Miss Hardness is the daugh-
ter of Richard Hardness, Quaker preach
er, and q niece of DR.. NJ. r. Morden.
Temporary dementia is supposed to have
been the cause of her act.
Last March lodge Of I. o. o. F. was
organized at Belleville. 1t started out
with twenty-seven members, five of whom
were charter members. The lodge is
steadily growing and now has member
ship of thirty-six. At its last regular meet
ing the following officers of Galaxy Lodge
No. 3Si were elected for the quarter: Noble
Grand, Frank Miller; Vice. Grand, James
A. Sinclair; Secretary, VIM. Scoop; Per-
manent Secretary, A. Elmer Smith; Treas
urer, James A. Cady.
Considerable quantities of lumber
have been sold at East Saginaw during the
past week, the call being chiefly for box
lumber and common grades. The stock
of dry box is exhausted and green is sell
ing readily at $1,000. The shingle market
is in a more satisfactory condition than
before in many years. Stocks are sold
faster than manufactured and prices are
very firm. The advance in lake freights
will stimulate the shipment of lumber by
rail. The movement by rail is much larger
than usual at this season of the year.
S. NJ Beane, before he left for the
West, paid for the Herald fifteen years in
advance. He did not want any annoying
statements from us, he said, at least not
for fifteen years to come. Thus, with the
single exception of Mrs. Hattie A. Hill, of
South Haven, Mr.. Beane is the best pay
ing subscriber on our list. At the time of
the fire, last August, Mrs. Hill sent the
Herald so, with instructions to credit the
same on her subscription and to send her
the paper as long as it remained under our
control. We have number of subscribers
who are paid five and even ten years in
advance, and, taken as a whole, we doubt
| if any paper in this neck o the woods has
a better paid up subscription list than
ours.-MdnceiOnd Herald.
All departments of the Muskegon Car
Company's shops are now in full opera
ton, over 200 men being employed. I'm
der the new company many improvements
in the method of handling the material
have been introduced, and all work is now
done with a minimum amount of labor.
Among the labor saving machines lately
added is a patent anger, run by steam,
which bores a square hole. In operating,
| it works almost to perfection, although
producing a result at first sight almost as
incredible as the mythical SAUCER that bores
two holes at once" This machine is used
in mortising timbers, and by its use one
man does the work formerly done by
five working with improved machines
In all departments except the erecting
shops the work is almost entirely done by
machinery, very few hand tools being re-
CURED.
The entire front wall of the second
story of the new kusch block at West Bay
! City fell with q crash to the sidewalk
below. Fortunately a rainstorm was in
progress, and no one was passing at the
time. Fifteen minutes earlier there were
people going by the building in both direc-
tons every few seconds, and had the acct
dent occurred then there would in all prob
ability have been serious injuries inflicted,
if not loss of life. The few workmen who
had not gone out TO seek shelter from the
rain noticed the wall when it started to fall,
and managed to make their escape by
running 10 the rear. One man was struck
on the leg by a brick, but only slightly